South Cascade Glacier

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South Cascade Glacier
South Cascade Glacier, October 2000. Note how far the glacier has retreated since the 1965 photo below.
Type	alpine
Location	North Cascades, Washington, USA
Coordinates	48°21′19″N, 121°3′27″W
Area	1.1 mi² (2.9 km²) as of 1971
Length	2.4 mi (3.9 km)
Terminus	glacial lake at 5,292 ft (1613 m)
Status	retreating (getting smaller)

South Cascade Glacier is a large alpine glacier in the North Cascades of Washington, USA. It is bordered on the east by 8,261-foot (2,518 m) Sentinel Peak, and is about 17 miles (27 km) north of Glacier Peak in the Glacier Peak Wilderness. Meltwater from the glacier flows into the South Fork Cascade River, which is a tributary of the Skagit River.

The South Cascade Glacier has been been closely monitored by glaciologists studying the effects of climate on glaciers.

[edit] See also

• Ptarmigan Traverse
• Retreat of glaciers since 1850
• List of glaciers

[edit] References

• Inventory of glaciers in the North Cascades, Washington, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 705—A, 1971